[americanophile]

A clear dark night sky with only the shining stars is a wonder to behold. There should be places you can go to still see it.

[rfp1234]

It was a sark and dormy night...

[AnalogReigns]

I think ALL of North Korea qualifies...

[JRandomFreeper]

Parachute flares. That'll fix the problem.

/johnny

[wku man]

There are plenty of places, right here in the good ol' USA, where there are "dark skies". Most of my beloved, adopted home state of Idaho is very dark at night, with more visible stars than anyone who's never been here would believe. Same goes for Northern Arizona/Southern Utah. Hell, you can even go find a nice, big cornfield in Central Illinois and see what seems like billions of stars. Those are just examples I know of firsthand.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[wastedyears]

Shouldn’t need legislation for a dark sky. It’s a ridiculous concept.

[fightinJAG]

I agree with you.

[CurlyDave]

Be careful what you wish for.

Our house burned down two years ago and after fighting the insurance company for a year, I started rebuilding about a year ago.

The Town has started enforcing “dark sky” rules, which means that the only outdoor light fixtures allowed are both extraordinarily ugly, and outrageously expensive.

The regulations make no sense at all since we are adjacent to a larger city which has numerous all-night business, complete with outdoor neon signs.

[hedgetrimmer]

The dark sky movement was invented by Stalinists to bring communism to America.

Dark sky towns are targets for criminals and gangs who can easily break into businesses and homes under cover of the Stalinist ‘dark sky’ movement.

Property owners cannot light their own back yards, the dark sky Stalinists will use the force of government to fine them if their lights are too bright, or soon,if they are incandescent.

Dark sky streets and highways are lit with useless ‘energy saving’ bulbs that don’t produce enough light for it to illuminate the pavement directly under ‘dark sky’ light fixtures.

Dark sky footpath lights and business lights that droop and point down, also have the same outcome. Not enough light to light the pavement, and the amber dull color isn’t good enough light to perform any task outside.

That’s the dark sky movement. Its not some romantic or nostalgic idea, it has its purpose just like any soviet inspired social engineering scheme.

[DannyTN]

Isn’t that Obama’s energy plan?

[Redcloak]

I still remember the first time I really saw stars in a dark sky. We were in Texas outside of Amarillo at an outdoor play. I looked up during the intermission and couldn't believe my eyes. Growing up in L.A., I had never seen so many stars. I remember seeing Corona Borealis overhead. That constellation is almost invisible anywhere near L.A..

[mmercier]

Up in parts of Maine and NH there are so many stars visible that one can barely find the dipper or Caseophia (sp).

[JimRed]

At sea nearly half-a-hundred years ago, under darken ship conditions, nearly as good as a mountaintop without lights. The Milky Way stood out brilliantly from the background.

[Winniesboy]

Having come fresh to this thread after 85 posts, I rather fear that some of those who have contributed will in any case never be able to see the stars, since the sky is permanently obscured by the passage of black helicopters.

[GOPJ]

Stars are thousands of light years away - why aren’t they blurry?